First Fruit: The Creation of the Flavr Savr Tomato and the Birth of Biotech Foods by Belinda Martineau

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A look at the making of the Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically engineered whole food ever brought to market, from its conception to its disappearance. The author reveals how genetic engineering is really done and how the regulatory system does and does not work.

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First Fruit: The Creation of the Flavr Savr Tomato and the Birth of Biotech Foods by Belinda Martineau

A look at the making of the Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically engineered whole food ever brought to market, from its conception to its disappearance. The author reveals how genetic engineering is really done and how the regulatory system does and does not work.
Belinda Martineau, Ph.D. (Davis, CA) has been granted patents on four inventions utilizing genetic engineering. She earned her bachelors degree in biology from Harvard, and a doctorate in genetics from U.C. Berkeley.
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ISBN 13 9780071360562
ISBN 10 0071360565
Title First Fruit: The Creation of the Flavr Savr Tomato and the Birth of Biotech Foods
Author Belinda Martineau
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Year published 2001-04-16
Number of pages 224
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